qualifier token a chosen word

return method

also called how to return

How a buyer may return the product — a token from ReturnMethods, riding the return-policy statement as its qualifier. Cardinality many, because a policy commonly offers several ('return by mail or in store'). The realised choice a particular return uses is downstream (L1).

Return method is answered with one word chosen from the return methods list — the same word shared across every product that uses it.

It is a qualifier of return policy — it has meaning only inside a return policy statement, never on its own. It belongs with return policy to warranty & returns — one facet of a product.

It is answered inside every return policy statement, not as a standalone question on a kind.

answered with: ◇token — a token — a word chosen from a fixed vocabulary, shared and filterable across products.
value domain: Return Methods — the vocabulary its answers are drawn from.
qualifier of: return policy — many per statement — it has meaning only inside that host's statement.

Answered inside every return policy statement — not a standalone slot on any kind.